The Strongest in the World

At the same time, a faint, uniquely feminine fragrance quietly drifted into his nostrils, causing his tension to be inexplicably laced with a hint of agitation.

I never would have guessed this guy had the ability to save the world, Bulma thought to herself.

She then asked directly, "Tell me, will Goku save the world in the future?"

"Uh..."

Hearing this, Raditz's expression relaxed.

Phew... I thought Fortune Teller Baba had exposed my background.

He suddenly realized that Fortune Teller Baba must have foreseen some future where Goku saves the world.

The prophecy might even include him.

After all, Raditz believed that as long as he continued his training step by step, with a little help from the system, his future combat power would certainly not be lacking.

"Don't worry! Even if Goku fails to save it, I definitely can!" Raditz patted his chest and promised.

"When the time comes, no matter what crisis arises, I can solve it. You all can just stay safely behind me."

Whether others believed it or not, Raditz believed it himself.

He gradually became immersed in his own fantasies, as if he could see himself wiping out those future powerful enemies with a mere wave of his hand.

"Hehehe..."

Bulma looked at Raditz with disdain as he chuckled foolishly, feeling that his nose looked rather sharp.

How could this guy look like someone capable of saving the world?

"This is it."

Raditz parked the aircraft at the location of the spaceship that Fortune Teller Baba had described.

As time had passed, there were no longer any traces of the spaceship's impact, and no one would have guessed that an alien ship was buried beneath this layer of mud.

To prevent the ship from being damaged, Raditz began digging with his bare hands.

He had done similar things while training on the island—plowing the earth and digging trenches by hand—so this was a piece of cake for him.

Before long, a spherical machine was unearthed.

"Is this that spaceship?"

Bulma looked at the spherical object, which could only accommodate one person, and said with some surprise.

"Yeah."

Raditz fumbled around the outer shell of the ship, and after pressing a switch-like button, the ship gradually opened.

"Eh? Is there no one inside? I thought there would be a corpse or something." Seeing the empty seat inside the sphere, Bulma asked in confusion.

"Maybe they escaped."

Raditz didn't offer much explanation, carefully searching the ship for something.

Since it was a Saiyan spaceship, it should contain one specific item—a Scouter.

He wasn't disappointed; in a corner of the ship, Raditz quickly dug out a device that could be worn on the ear.

"What is this?"

"An alien Scouter. But it might have a listening device, and the language is different, so let's not turn it on yet."

"Bulma, can you fix this?"

"I'll try. Let's head back to West City first."

As the daughter of Dr. Brief and a genius researcher herself, Bulma was very interested in such an intact piece of alien technology.

The two didn't delay any longer, loading the spaceship onto their aircraft and returning to West City.

"Doctor, this is the spaceship."

"Just a reminder, that remote control might have a self-destruct button, so don't blow it up."

Raditz remembered from the plot of his past life that Bulma had once operated it in such a way, remotely detonating a ship, so he had to give a warning.

Bulma quickly put down the remote she had been about to test, looking around in embarrassment.

"I'll leave the rest to you, Doctor. I hope to see the results of your research soon."

The next day.

Raditz asked Bulma one more time if she would still go with him to collect the Dragon Balls, and after receiving a negative answer, he prepared to set off alone.

According to Bulma, rather than running around collecting Dragon Balls with him only to get nothing when it came time to make a wish, it was better to stay home and study the new spaceship with her father to broaden her horizons.

I wonder who it was that said they were bored at home and wanted to come with me, Raditz thought, recalling their recent conversation.

"Still..."

"Bulma really is a genius. She cracked the alien language system in just one day. She truly is the person who will develop a time machine in the future."

Raditz looked at the brand-new Scouter in his hand.

He flipped the switch and placed it over his left ear.

A string of numbers immediately appeared on the lens before his eyes.

"170, 163, 120, 111, 110..."

"Hmm... it also displays coordinate distances, and the power levels are base values."

"The one with 170... that should be Goku..."

"120 in this direction is Master Mutten..."

"111 and 110 are Krillin and Yamcha."

"163 must be Tien Shinhan."

"And there's more..."

Raditz turned in another direction.

"150, 310, 290."

"Talin the Immortal, and... Kami and Mr. Popo."

"310..."

This was the strongest among all the experts on Earth at the current stage.

Having guessed who these individuals with power levels over one hundred likely were, Raditz became curious about his own power level.

However, it surely wouldn't exceed 100; he could not ignore the fact that he was merely a novice martial artist with less than two years of training.

"Things must be done one by one. Before obtaining the key items, there is no rush for power levels."

"First, collect the Dragon Balls..."

Removing the Scouter, Raditz checked the location of the nearest Dragon Ball on the Dragon Radar and increased the power of his flight craft to fly toward it.

Raditz had originally thought this Dragon Ball collection journey would be a thrilling and exciting adventure.

Unfortunately, it was quite the opposite.

There were no other powerful opponents collecting Dragon Balls at this stage, which made the journey slightly boring for Raditz.

He didn't even see the Pilaf Gang, who used to frequently obstruct Goku and his friends from collecting the Dragon Balls.

The locations of the Dragon Balls were bizarre, yet there was no danger.

The most dangerous moment was encountering a carnivorous giant dragon; just as it prepared to open its abyssal maw to swallow Raditz whole, he pierced its head with a single energy wave.

At night.

A bright campfire rose in the silent woods, and a massive monster dragon was skewered and set over the flames.

As his strength increased, Raditz's appetite grew larger as well; the meat of this giant dragon was only enough for a single meal.

With some time left before the food was fully cooked, Raditz looked at the locations of the last two Dragon Balls. One was the Four-Star Ball, which was currently moving at high speed on the radar.

"Goku has run quite far; he's already on the other side of the Earth."

"I'll collect this closer one first, but... has it been eaten by some animal?"

The Dragon Ball closer on the radar was also moving slowly.

"Forget it, I won't travel tonight; I'll go take a look tomorrow."

After daybreak, Raditz packed up simply and set off again.

After traveling for a distance, when the radar showed the Dragon Ball was less than a hundred meters away, Raditz saw a person from afar, sitting by a campfire and eating fish in large mouthfuls.